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1. The Lindbergh Baby Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic single handed. His celebrity kept the family in the newspapers. Mysteriously, on the night of 1 March 1932, his baby son was snatched from his cot in New Jersey. Despite ransom payments, the young boy was found murdered. The trail led to a German carpenter, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who went to the electric chair for the killing. But, should three people have been executed - not one?
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2. The Hindenburg Crash Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
Hitler's giant Hindenburg airship was the pride of Nazi Germany. Able to carry 60 passengers across the Atlantic in luxury, it was a wonder of its age. However, after an electric storm, whilst attempting to land in New Jersey the entire ship suddenly burst into flames with the loss of most of the passengers and crew. Was it an accident? Or was it sabotage?
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3. The Anastasia Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
When Nicholas II, Alexandra and the Russian royal children were executed by the Bolsheviks at the end of WW I, there was talk of not all the children being killed. In the mid-twenties, a young woman, Anna Anderson, was found in Germany suffering from amnesia. Was she possibly the claimant to the Romanov fortune?
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4. The Red Baron Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
?The Red Baron' shot down more enemies of the Fatherland then any other German pilots during WWI. On 21 April 1918, he was shot down. He managed to land his tri-plane, but was dead of his wounds when found by Australian infantry. Had they killed him? Or was it a bullet from one of the RAF fighters which were chasing him in hot pursuit?
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5. The Tutankhamun Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
Howard Carter made the greatest archaeological discovery ever. Nothing before or since has equalled the splendour and magnificence of the tomb he had uncovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. But did the Pharaoh's tomb hide a darker secret which was to claim the lives of twenty-one victims?
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6. The Comet Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
After WWII, Britain raced ahead to produce the world's first jet liner - the Comet. It was rushed into service but after many successful trips to Africa, India and the Middle East it suddenly started to crash in mysterious circumstances. The fuselage of one aircraft was found and painstakingly tested. What was found dictated the shape of all subsequent aircraft windows.
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7. The Gallipoli Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
By 1915, trench warfare in Europe was deadlocked so the Allies decided to try and defeat Germany by the backdoor. The plan was to attack the Turkish empire in the Middle East. Using Naval power and an amphibious landing, they hoped to seize the Peninsula of Gallipoli at the entrance to the Black Sea. However, what actually happened was an unmitigated disaster.
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8. The Amelia Earhart Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
Amelia Earhart was the all American heroine of the 1930s. Her flights across America, the Atlantic and the rest of the world inspired a generation, but suddenly over the Pacific on her ultimate round-the-world trip she disappeared over Japanese occupied territory. Had she been on a spying mission for the US Government?
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9. The Patton Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
On 10 December 1945, while on his way to a pheasant shoot in Germany, the most controversial soldier of WWII, a great American general was involved in an automobile accident. After a week in hospital recovering he suddenly died in his sleep. Had he been helped on his way? Could Stalin's agents have been involved?
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10. The Pearl Harbor Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
Since 1939, Britain had been able to read most of the German and Japanese codes and may have known of the Japanese plan to attack Pearl Harbor. Did Churchill know of the attack several days beforehand and was President Roosevelt told in time? Is this why the US aircraft carriers sailed from Pearl Harbor before the fatal attack?
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11. The Rudolf Hess Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
In May 1941,Hitler was making his plans to attack Russia when suddenly his deputy flew to Scotland on a mysterious mission. Was it to make peace with Britain? Whatever the reason, Hess was found hanged in his cell in Spandau Prison in 1987 at the age of 93. Was he murdered to prevent the reason for his visit ever becoming known?
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12. The Mata Hari Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
Nearly 80 years after her death Mata Hari remains the most powerful icon of female betrayal. Legend has it she was the exotic spy who used sex to secure military secrets. She was the forerunner of a small army of silent screen vamps who preyed on their besotted male victims. But was she ever a spy? Or was she innocent of the crimes with which she was charged?
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13. The Odessa Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
The SS started life as Hitler's personal bodyguard during the early days of the Nazi party. By the end of the war, the Nazis were defeated the SS on the run for their part in the Final Solution. The Odessa organisation enabled many to escape to South America. Many SS evaded justice but some including Adolf Eichmann and Klaus Barbie were tracked down.
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14. The D-Day Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
D-Day was the largest amphibious operation ever mounted in the history of world conflict transporting thousands of men, equipment and supplies onto the beaches of Normandy. Hitler was completely taken by surprise - the result of several major deceptions involving dummy armies, mythical bomber squadrons and "secret plans" supposedly discovered in a briefcase.
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15. The Manhattan Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
At dawn on 16 July 1945, a gigantic fireball, burst off the New Mexico desert exploding with the force of 20,000 tons of TNT. The race to build the atomic bomb had been won. The story of how America and Britain beat Germany and Japan to the ultimate punch is a story of spying, intrigue and espionage.
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16. The Loch Ness Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
In March 1933, on the north shore of Loch Ness, two locals saw an enormous black body move into the water and across the surface of the Loch. Since then, there have been many sightings of a dinosaur like creature. This program examines the sightings and shows rare footage, which has to be seen to be believed.
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17. The Chernobyl Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
On 26 April 1986, the Pripyat region of the USSR, suffered the worst nuclear accident in history. 31 people died in the explosion and over 100,000 were evacuated from the area. The Chernobyl catastrophe was riddled with secrecy and massive incompetence. This is the detailed build up to how that disaster happened.
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18. The Mystery of Korean Flight 007
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January 1, 1998 |
At the end of the Cold War, a Korean Airlines Jumbo Jet, Flight 007, strayed northwards over a Russian top secret missile firing range. Without warning, the Korean airliner was shot down with tragic loss of life. What was behind this incredible mishap? And was flight 007 shot down by accident or design?
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19. The Donald Campbell Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
In 1966, Donald Campbell was the world's fastest man on water and on land. He was determined, despite personal problems and an ageing boat, to break his own record and exceed 300 mph on Coniston Water. His first run exceeded the record but he started back before his wash had time to clear. Was it an accident?
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20. The Commander Crabb Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
During WWII, Buster Crabb, was the Royal Navy's most daring expert in countering attacks by enemy frogmen. After the war, he became surplus to requirements until Mr Kruschev visited Portsmouth Harbour in a top-secret Russian cruiser. Whilst illegally inspecting her hull, he mysteriously disappeared. A year later, two, not one, headless and handless corpses surfaced near Portsmouth - was one of them Buster Crabb?
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21. The Apollo 13 Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
After an uneventful moon launch, the crew of Apollo 13 were well on the way when a small fan ignited their oxygen reserve and blew a gaping hole in the side of the command module. Only by working with mission control, were the three astronauts able to scrape home by the most slender of margins. This is their story.
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22. The UFO Mysteries
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January 1, 1998 |
Since the testing of the atomic bomb, most countries have reported extensive sightings of unidentified flying objects. With computer graphics and detailed reconstructions, this program examines the likelihood of extra terrestrial visitations to earth including the motives and likely purposes of such visits.
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23. Ghost Mysteries
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January 1, 1998 |
Man has had unprecedented access to ever-increasing technology and equipment to detect alleged supernatural happenings. This program examines the most celebrated cases with the most reliable sightings and seeks to establish if there are more rational explanations for the appearance of these mysterious sightings.
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24. Religious Mysteries
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January 1, 1998 |
The Church has for centuries revered statues of the Virgin Mary. To some of these statues, people have ascribed supernatural powers and in some cases the statues have been seen to perform miraculous acts. Are these figments of the imagination and is there any truth in the healing powers which some of these statues are said to possess?
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25. The Titanic Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
She was the greatest technological wonder of her age. A luxury hotel with enough space to accommodate millionaires in first-class comfort and hundreds of immigrants seeking a new life in America. She was branded as unsinkable but corners had been cut in her construction, and she was a disaster waiting to happen.
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26. The Glenn Miller Mystery
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January 1, 1998 |
Just after D-Day, America's favourite uniformed band-leader took off from a fog-bound British airfield on his way to Normandy. The official records show that no aircraft took off from that particular airfield on the day in question. Was he on another aircraft and was he subsequently sighted in Paris? Was his death nothing whatever to do with an air accident?
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